Nov 26, 2010 Posted by Tom

Inspire Yourself

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions. – Aldin Sinclair — You can’t be serious. I realize how incredibly trite and even more incredibly bias the title sounds seeing as this site is completely based around inspiring yourself and others, but I’m not writing... read more

Nov 19, 2010 Posted by Tom

Education Isn’t What it Used to be Part 2

Every education system in the world is being reformed at the moment. And it’s not enough. Reform is no use anymore.  Because that’s simply improving a broken model.  What we need … is not evolution but a revolution in education. – Sir Ken Robinson — So, where were we? Ah yes.  Degrees. My point in saying that degrees are not worth what they used to be worth is not to... read more

Nov 16, 2010 Posted by Tom

Education Isn’t What it Used to be

In the next thirty years, according to UNESCO, more people worldwide will be graduating through education since the beginning of history.  And it’s the combination of … technology and its transformation effect of work, and demography and the huge explosion in population.  Suddenly, degrees aren’t worth anything. – Sir Ken Robinson — To be frank, this is going to be a very... read more

Nov 10, 2010 Posted by Tom

Keeping it Clean

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? – Laurence J. Peter — Cleanliness is next to Godliness, as they say.  Religious connotations aside, this article is all about keeping your house, apartment, cottage, room, desk, floor, kitchen counter or whatever other surfaces and areas you inhabit are, clean. I would imagine that most of us, if not... read more

Nov 4, 2010 Posted by Tom

Figure Out What You Want

You can’t ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don’t know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it. – Barbara De Angelis — If you read the articles on... read more

Nov 2, 2010 Posted by Tom

Input

What you put into yourself in any way is what you get out.  Put in trash, receive trash.  Put in gold and… well you’ll probably have to take a visit to the emergency room, but you get the idea. – Thomas James — Okay, so I fudged the quote.  I wasn’t able to find anything famous quotes about, so I made one myself.  I will leave it up to the quotation guru’s of the... read more

Oct 10, 2010 Posted by Tom

Honeymoon

You may have noticed I haven’t posted this week if you check IEvo fairly frequently.  How astute you are, dashing reader! In fact, I haven’t posted.  I’ve been rather busy getting married, and now that the deed is done I’m heading off to my honeymoon. What all of this means for you is that there won’t be much going on here until November.  As of November 1st we shall be... read more